One advantage of the Internet is shopping conveniently online for clothes; one disadvantage of the Internet is also shopping conveniently online for clothes.
“Nothing fits,” said Lam Yuk Wong, a senior in electrical and computer engineering at Rice University. “Everyone says this. They order clothes and they don’t fit. People get very unhappy.”
Wong and her design partner, Xuaner “Cecilia” Zhang, are Team White Mirror, creators of what they call a “virtual (虚拟)fitting room”. Their goal is simple and consumer-friendly: to let online clothing shoppers have a perfect fit and a perfect look when shopping every time. Both women are from China, Wong from Hong Kong and Zhang from Beijing. They both order most of their clothing online. They got the idea from their own experience as consumers and from listening to the complaints of friends and relatives. “They say, ‘The color is wrong’ or ‘I got the right size but it still does not fit.’ We want to make it like you’re in the store trying on the clothes,” Zhang said.
Using a Kinect developed by Microsoft for use with its Xbox 360 video game player, Zhang scans Wong and turns her image into, in effect, a virtual model, keeping Wong’s dimensions (尺寸), and even her skin and hair color. “We put the clothes on the shopper’s 3-D body models and show how they look when they are dressed,” Wong said. So far, Wong and Zhang have adapted the software to show dresses and shirts, and they are now working on shorts.
Asked if she thought men as well as women might be interested in using their virtual fitting room, Wong said, “I think their wives will care about this, so it will also be important to men.”
1.Why is shopping conveniently online for clothes a disadvantage?
A.Students may easily get addicted to it.
B.Clothes bought online may not fit.
C.It attracts more online clothing shoppers.
D.It causes shoppers to waste too much money.
2.Wong and Zhang got the idea to design a virtual fitting room from ____.
A. their shopping experiences
B. a program at their university
C. some shop-owners’ complaints
D. the Xbox 360 video game player
3.Which of the following shows the process of using the virtual fitting room?
A. scanning -- trying on clothes -- getting images
B. trying on clothes -- getting models -- scanning
C. scanning -- getting models --trying on clothes
D. trying on clothes -- getting images -- scanning
4.What did Wong think of her virtual fitting room?
A. It is perfectly developed.
B. It will have its market share.
C. It is limited to women shoppers.
D. It is like a kind of video game player.
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Arthur Miller (1915—2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary, drawn like so many others by the “Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.
Miller's most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.
When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.
Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.
1.Why did Arthur Miller's father move to the USA?
A. He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.
B. He was attracted by the “Great American Dream.”
C. He hoped to make his son a dramatist.
D. His family business failed
2.The play Death of a Salesman________.
A. exposes the cruelty of the American business world
B. discusses the ways to get promoted in a company
C. talks about the business career of Arthur Miller
D. focuses on the skills in doing business
3.After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman________.
A. achieved huge success
B. won the first Tony Award
C. was warmly welcomed by salesmen
D. was severely attacked by dramatists
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Nowadays people are more concerned about the environment ________ they live.
A. whatB. whichC. whenD. where
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短文改错
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处错误，各涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
We all enjoy read short stories by O. Henry, such as “The last leaf” and “The Gift of Magi”.
Fewer writers in the world have ever put into prison. And even fewer took great success in prison. While O. Henry, the famous short story writer, was one of him. O. Henry, his real name was William Sidney Porter, was born on September 11, 1862.
In 1884, O. Henry entered the First National Bank as teller (出纳). On February 10, 1896, Henry was said to have something to do with the disappearance of $1,150 from the bank. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment
In order to make money support his family, O. Henry began write stories to magazines. These stories became quiet popular with readers.
O. Henry died in New York in January 5, 1910. He was buried in North Carolina, the state where he was born.
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（ 1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Jonny:Hey! I’m just practicing Tai Chi(太极).Would you like to join me?
Peter:I know nothing about it. Is it difficult?
Jonny:It seems easy, but you need a lot of practice. You just follow me like this.
Peter:OK. Don’t laugh1.me. I may look funny.
Jonny: Bend your knees slightly and reach out your arms like tree branches, naturallyand2. (gentle). Try to keep your body straight. Move slowly , then be sure to keep your balance and don't let your body shake.
Peter:I cannot control my body well. My legs become3. (pain).
Jonny: Keep 4.(hold) your position for a while. It helps develop your strength and flexibility. Raise your leg and let 5. stay in the air for seconds.
Peter:I feel my legs shaking. I cannot do this any longer.
Jonny: Be patient! Tai Chi6. (call) “shadow boxing” in English. It asks you to act like water: to be flexible as well7.strong. In real competition, a Tai Chi master borrows the strength of the competitor and uses this energy to fight back. The harder you try to beat him, 8.more likely you will get hit. He controls you!
Peter:Unbelievable! Oh..., 9. you don’t mind, I’ll stop and take a deep10. (breathe) .
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假如你是李华，最近你在浏览一个新西兰中学网站时，看到一位名叫Tom的中学生的留言，他计划在暑假期间到中国的牡丹江旅游，希望能有一名中国学生作他的导游。你对此很感兴趣，请根据以下要点提示写一封E-mail给他。
主要内容包括：
1．希望作他的导游；
2．打算如何给他作导游:
（1）带他参观名胜古迹及著名景点
(2) 给他讲牡丹江的悠久历史。
(3）享受当地美食。
3．期盼他的回复。
注意：1. 词数100左右。
2. 可适当增加情节，使行文连贯。
3. 信的开头已为你写好。
Dear Tom,
Recently, while visiting a senior high school website of New Zealand, I saw the message you posted on it_______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
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When I got the driving license last summer, Mom and I took our first trip around an empty parking lot. Then I found that my mother was not the best teacher for me. It wasn't that she shouted, or told me that I was doing poorly. As you can imagine, my mother's "helpful instructions" only managed to make me more nervous.
Since I could no longer practice with her, the job was placed in the hands of my father. The idea of learning from Dad was not one that thrilled me. I loved him dearly, but I just did not see Dad as someone I could be comfortable learning from. He almost never talked. We shared a typical father-daughter relationship. He'd ask how school was, and I'd say it was fine. Unfortunately, that was the most of our conversations. Spending hours alone with someone who might as well have been a stranger really scared me.
As we got into the car that first time, I was not surprised at what happened. Dad and I drove around, saying almost nothing, aside from a few instructions on how to turn. As my lessons went on, however, things began to change. Dad would turn the radio up so I could fully appreciate his favorite Stones music. And he actually began talking. I was soon hearing about past failed dates, "basic body" gym class, and other tales from his past, including some of his first meeting with Mom.
Dad’s sudden chattiness was shocking until I thought about why he was telling me so much in the car. In all the years that I had wondered why my father never spoke that much, I had never stopped to consider that it was because I had never bothered to listen. Homework, friends, and even TV had all called me away from him, and, consequently, I never thought my quiet father had anything to say.
Since I began driving with him, my driving skill has greatly increased. More important, though, is that my knowledge of who my father is has also increased. Just living with him wasn't enough— it took driving with him for me to get to know someone who was a mystery.
1.The author couldn't practice driving with her mother because.
A. she couldn't talk with her mother
B. her mother made her nervous
C. her father wanted to teach her
D. she didn't trust her mother
2.At first, the idea of learning driving from her father made her.
A. happy B. disappointed
C. satisfied D. uneasy
3.What surprised the author when the driving lessons went on?
A. Her Dad was a chatty person. B. Her Dad was the best teacher.
C. Her Dad liked modern music. D. Her Dad told her his sad stories.
4.With her story "Car Talk", the author indicates that.
A. fathers love their daughters dearly
B. family members need real communication
C. mothers are less patient than fathers
D. it takes time to improve the father-daughter relationship
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根据所给汉语部分，补全英文句子。每条横线上填一个单词。
1.It seemed that John was __________ __________ __________(应该因为……而受责备) the running water all night long. He was the last one to leave the lab.
2.Only when the war was over in 1945 _________ __________ __________ __________ （他才回到）his hometown.
3.The thief _________ __________ __________ （挣脱）the two policemen who were holding him and ran away.
4.–What did you do in town last night?
--__________ __________ （除了）a concert, we also watched a football match.
5.Your article is not well written because some of the sentences in it don’t __________ __________（讲得通）.
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